Savage Attack: Tribal Insurgency in India

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In Savage Attack: Tribal Insurgency in India the authors ask whether there’s anything particularly adivasi about the kinds of resistance which were labelled as adivasi movements. What does it mean to discuss adivasi versus peasant resistance? Can one differentiate adivasi resistance from that of other lower castes such as the dalits? On this volume the authors move beyond stereotypes of tribal revolt to argue that it is very important explore how and why particular kinds of resistance are depicted as adivasi issues at particular cut-off dates. Interpretations that have depicted adivasis as a united and highly politicised group of people have romanticised and demonized tribal society and history, thus denying the individuals and communities involved any real agency. Both the interpretations of the state and of left-wing supporters of tribal insurgencies have continued to ignore the complex realities of tribal life and the variety in the expressions of political activism that have resulted around the length and breadth of the Indian subcontinent.

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